Is chiropractic medicine “pseudoscience?
Florida State University’s planned chiropractic program has been getting some attention lately. “Dr. Ray Bellamy, a longtime Tallahassee orthopedic surgeon, has quickly become the the loudest naysayer in town.” He apparently views the practice as pseudoscience and without supporting evidence in defining it as a discipline. FSU’s proposition is: ” joint degree, part doctor of chiropractic degree and part master’s degree in one of five areas: aging studies; food and nutrition; movement science; health policy; or public health.” David Ramey, D.V.M has an article in which he points out some very interesting facts, such as the risks of cervical manipulation and injury to cervical vertebral arteries. The article is a defense of PBS’s criticism of chiropractic medicine. The The National Council Against Health Fraud, Inc. has a position paper on chiropractic medicine and makes a distinction between scientific chiropracors and non-scientific chiropractors.
